I'm just about to start the screenplay so it's a heavy time. I'm going to lock myself away. I'm not going to see anybody. Going to become very very stinky. Going to eat a lot of crap food and not have much of a life for a little while, while I'm working on the screenplay. But I'm really excited about it and I feel really good about the story. It really is something unique, so I feel good about it.

On the theme of GUARDIANS 2:

There's a lot of stuff I'm excited about in the new movie. Listen, I'm still excited about Star-Lord's character and where he goes. At its heart, Guardians is a story about families, and if the first film was about him and his mother, this is a story about fathers. So it's exciting to go there.

Regarding the soundtrack:

Originally people kept asking me, ‘Don't you feel a lot of pressure to do the second movie?’ and I didn't in general. But I did feel a little pressure for the soundtrack because so many people loved it and we went platinum and all that other stuff. But I feel like the soundtrack in the second one is better. I feel like it's better, so I'm excited about it.

Teasing a third GUARDIANS:

I knew for a long time what the story of the second one was gonna be. And the third one!

Gunn is probably just teasing us about a third GUARDIANS flick at this point, but I don't think anyone would be opposed. It's going to be a long two years until GUARDIANS 2 is up on theater screens, but at least between now and then we have AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON, ANT-MAN, CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR and DOCTOR STRANGE to keep us company, and that's not even including what Marvel's bringing to Netflix! The first GUARDIANS film entertained comic fans and non-fans alike. Here's hoping Gunn and Co. can capture that same energy in their second endeavor.